Stephen Abbott
Principal
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Who We Are
Marshall Abramczyk
Manager
Kayla Acker-Carter
Associate
Richard Ackerman
Development Director
Eleanor Adams
Operations Lead
Silvan Aeschlimann
Manager
Betsy After
Senior Director
Habiba Ahut Daggash
Senior Associate
Andrew Allee
Manager
Olivia Alves
Senior Associate
Folawiyo Aminu
Senior Associate
Diego Angel Hakim
Manager
Irene Anyanwu
ERP System Administrator
Adam Aston
Senior Director of Storytelling
Laila Atalla
Senior Associate
Will Atkinson
Senior Associate
Ebun Ayandele
Manager
Suleiman Babamanu
Program Director
Shelley Backstrom
Operations Manager
Jacob Becker
Associate
Skylar Bee
Manager
Adam Beitman
Senior Manager of Policy & Crisis Communications
Beverly Bendix
Manager
Caroline Bennett
Director of Media Relations
Emma Benninghoff
Corporate Engagement Lead
Nabil Bennouna
Principal
Benny Bertagnini
Senior Associate
Drew Beyer
Senior Associate
Shravan Bhat
Manager
Stephanie Bieler
Senior Associate
Sherri Billimoria
Manager
Charlie Bloch
Principal
Nicholas Bobst
Senior Associate
Charlin Bodley
Manager
Margaret Bogumil
Director of Marketing–Donor Relations
Kingsmill Bond
Senior Principal
Kevin Brehm
Manager
Aaron Brickman
Senior Principal
Brett Bridgeland
Principal
Christian Brown
IT Systems and Helpdesk Manager
Jason Brown
Web Developer
Molly Brown
Grant Analyst
Nathaniel Buescher
Senior Associate
Auri Bukauskas
Senior Associate
Patience Bukirwa
Senior Associate
Kaitlyn Bunker
Principal
Christopher Burgess
Projects Director
Sam Butler-Sloss
Senior Associate
Monkgogi Buzwani
Associate
Sasha Bylsma
Senior Associate
Erin Callahan
Corporate Engagement Director
Brianne Cangelose
Manager
Charles Cannon
Manager
Dina Cappiello
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Skeeta Carasco
Manager
Lachlan Carey
Manager
Kelly Carlin
Manager
Cara Carmichael
On Temporary Assignment
Pilar Carvajo Lucena
Principal
Maria Castillo
Senior Associate
Joey Cathcart
Senior Associate
Sravan Chalasani
Senior Associate
Coreina Chan
Principal
Kristine Chan-Lizardo
eLab Network Coordinator and Marketing Lead
Dr Charithea Charalambous
Senior Associate
Andrew Chen
Principal
Siyang (Chloe) Chen
Program Marketing Specialist
Zhinan Chen
Senior Associate
Zihao Chen
Associate
Pintian Chen
Senior Associate
Odgerel Chintulga
Senior Associate
Jasmine Chiu
Manager
Sonika Choudhary
Manager
Heather Clark
On Temporary Assignment
Kyle Clark-Sutton
Manager
Zach Clayton
Associate
John Coequyt
Director
Jesse Cohen
Associate
TJ Conway
Principal
Mackenzie Cool
Senior Associate
Jacob Corvidae
Senior Principal
Gabrielle Couderc
Program Operations Lead
Meredith Cowart
Senior Associate
Jon Creyts
CEO
Melissa Crogle
Knowledge Management Analyst
Kaitlin Crouch-Hess
Senior Principal
Alberto Cuadra
Senior Creative Director
Collins Dadzie
Senior Associate
Pankti Dalal
Senior Development Specialist
Joe Dammel
Manager
Joe Daniel
Principal
Lynn Daniels
Manager
Ankur Dass
Senior Associate
Laetitia De Marez
Senior Principal + Senior Program Director
François de Rochette
Associate
Aminisitai Delaisainiai
Associate
Marissa DeLang
Senior Associate
Zahra Dhoray
Executive Assistant
Zsaria Diaz
Associate
Laura Diez
Senior Associate
Maddy Dinsdale
Senior Associate
Chloe Dodge
Foundations Lead
Michael Donatti
Manager
Claire Dougherty
Senior Associate
Erifili Draklellis
Senior Associate
Mark Dyson
Managing Director
Crystal Eden
Program Assistant
Daniel Elkin
Program Assistant
Ruthanne Elkins
Associate
Charlotte Emerson
Strategic Communications Lead
Alex Engel
Manager
Rebecca Esau
Manager
Elena Essa
Associate
Mahlet Eyassu Melkie
Senior Associate
Joseph Fallurin
Manager
Tyler Farrell
Senior Associate
Mohammad Hassan Fathollahzadeh
Senior Associate
Rizky Fauzianto
Manager
Rachel Field
Associate
Bryan Fisher
Managing Director
Tyler Fitch
Manager
Sabina Flandrick
Associate
Sascha Flesch
Manager
Ryan Foelske
Head of Engage & Act
Christian Fong
Senior Associate
Julia Fonteles
Associate
Lauren Forman
Development Events and Engagement Manager
Tom Frankiewicz
Principal
Molly Freed
Senior Associate
Kalie Freed
Program Operations Lead
Octavio “Tavo” Fuentes
Chief Technology & Operations Officer
Aradhana Gahlaut
Senior Associate
Chathurika Gamage
Principal
Marissa Gantman
Strategic Communications Director- Strategy and Planning
Minhui Gao
Associate
Shuo Gao
Manager
Ellie Garland
Senior Associate
Michael Gartman
Manager
Kevin Gauthier
Technical Project Manager
Jubing Ge
Senior Associate
Amber Gensterblum Holdren
Program Operations Manager
Lauren Gilmartin
Program Operations Manager
Jake Glassman
Senior Associate
Adrienne W. Gobert
Marketing Director
Rachel Gold
Principal
Rachel Golden
Senior Principal
Cara Goldenberg
Principal
Anibal Gomez-Contreras
Senior Associate
Ashita Gona
Senior Associate
Deborah Gordon
Senior Principal
Denise Grab
Principal
Tamara Grbusic George
Manager
Jennifer Grizzard Ekzarkhov
Senior Manager- Development Marketing and Communications
Megan Gross
Associate
Bryn Grunwald
Senior Associate
Amy Gu
Manager
Leia Guccione
Managing Director
Valentina Guido
Senior Associate
Chiara Gulli
Manager
David Gumbs
Principal
Kaidi Guo
Associate
Thanh Ha
Manager
Rachel Hall
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Director
Madison Hall
Social Media Lead
Nicholas Halterman
Senior Associate
Peter Hambidge
Development Officer
Jamie Hankins
Manager
Lena Hansen
Chief Strategy Officer
Aletheir (Ali) Hanson
Social Media Manager
Yihan Hao
Principal
Elizabeth Harnett
Research and Impact Expert
Nancy Harwood Sosa
Corporate Development Officer
Elizabeth Healy
Associate
Mike Henchen
Principal
Erin Hendel
Technical Grants Writer
Josh Henretig
Managing Director
Oscar Alberto Hernandez
Senior Associate
Sara Herrin
Communications Lead
Emma (Emmanuelle) Hines
Senior Associate
Jackson Hoffart
Software Developer
Glenn Hoffman
Lead Data Engineer
Rachel Hohensee
Learning & Leadership Senior Specialist
Ben Holland
Manager
Tricia Holland
Senior Associate
Lila Holzman
Manager
Quailan Homann
Associate
Suzanne Hopkins
Senior Director
Greg Hopkins
Chief of Staff
Heather House
Manager
Xinxin Hu
Senior Associate
Maggie Huang
Manager
Samuel Huestis
Senior Associate
Eleanor Huffines
Grant Analyst
Michael Huffman
Senior Associate
Shannon Hughes
Sr Manager, Market Forces
Denali Hussin
Program Marketing Manager
Robert Hutchinson
Senior Fellow
Laura Hutchinson
Manager
Catherine Huyett
Senior Associate
Tracy Huynh
Senior Associate
Ije Ikoku Okeke
Managing Director
Osa Imoukhuede
Manager
Anna Itenberg
Legal Director
Nathan Iyer
Senior Associate
Wendy Jaglom-Kurtz
Manager
Meriah Jamieson
Strategic Communications Manager
Natalie Janzow
Manager
Alexandra Jardine Wall
Strategic Communications Manager
Capria Jaussen
Program Operations Lead
Yi Jiang
Associate
Nick Jiles
Manager
Linda Jiroušková
Corporate Engagement Manager
Heidi Johnson
Executive Assistant
Lara Siree Johnson
Director
Sidney Jules
Manager
Rudy Kahsar
Manager
Ankit Kalanki
Principal
Rachit Kansal
Manager
Kurt Kargou
Manager
Jacob Kasti
Software Developer
Selena Kay Galeos
Associate
Ryann Kehoe
Corporate Development Officer
Connor Kerr
Senior Associate
Phil Keuhn
Principal
Kunal Khandelwal
Manager
Dhroovaa Khannan
Associate
Benson Kibiti
Senior Program Marketing Manager
Thomas Kirk
Manager
Matt Kirley
Manager
Edward J. Klock-McCook
Principal
Thomas Koch Blank
Managing Director
Jonny Kocher
Manager
Susan Kohut
Development Director
Leah Komos
Media Relations Lead
Samuel Kooijmans
Senior Associate
Cato Koole
Manager
Jacob Korn
Senior Associate
Evan Kornbluh
Manager
Taylor Krause
Manager
Anton Krimer
Senior Associate
Anisha Krishnakumar
Associate
Isha Kulkarni
Senior Associate
Ryan Kushner
Head of Philanthropic Partnerships
Scott Ladd
Design Manager
Sarah Ladislaw
On Temporary Assignment
Ryan Laemel
Principal
Max Lainfiesta
Manager
Sarah LaMonaca
Principal
Betsy Leach
IT Director
Chelsea Samot
Sr. Manager Program Services
Bonnie Lei
Principal
Nicole Leonard
Audience Insights and Lifecycle Marketing Manager
Owen Lewis
Operations Manager
Jun Li
Manager
Weiting Li
Associate
Wei Li
Manager
Shuyi Li
Principal
Ting Li
Chief Representative and Managing Director of RMI China
Danielle Li
Senior Program Marketing Manager
Becky Xilu Li
Manager
Michael Liebman
Manager
Genevieve Lillis
Manager
Maura Lillis
Director - Multilateral & Bilateral Partnerships
Ruosida (Star) Lin
Senior Associate
Hannah Lindsell
Senior Associate
Claire Lingham
Program Operations Lead
Zach Little
Program Assistant
Wenjuan Liu
Manager
Ziyi Liu
Senior Associate
Yuning Liu
Manager
Qiyu Liu
Senior Associate
Yujing Liu
Principal
Stella Liu
Senior Associate
Justin Locke
Managing Director
Emma Loewen
Senior Associate
David Lone
Senior Associate
Emily Long
Conference and Events Manager
Laura LoSciuto
Manager
Yulin Lou
Senior Associate
Leah Louis-Prescott
Manager
Amory Lovins
Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus
Mark Lozano
Associate
Shutong (Lucy) Lu
Manager
Whitney Luhr
Assistant Controller
Tobias Lutz
Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis
Xinyue Ma
Senior Associate
Cynthia Ma
Senior Operations Manager
Cara Maesano
Manager
Hector Maglione
Senior Manager - IT
Chris Magwood
Manager
Satyam Maharaj
Associate
Natalie Malouf
Associate
David Mann
Senior Fellow
Whitney Mann
Manager
Estefanía Marchán
Principal
Sam Mardell
Manager
Kate Mark
Systems and Process Training Lead
Nicole Martin
Sr Director - People Experience
Abby Martin
Associate
Liza Martin
Program Marketing Specialist
Tansy Massey-Green
Senior Associate
Ashtin Massie
Associate
Maeve Masterson
Associate
Tyeler Matsuo
Manager
Charlotte Matthews
Managing Director
Alexandra Mattia
Development Senior Manager
Cindy Maur
Development Officer
Avideh K. Mayville
Senior Manager
Moana McClellan
Manager
Heather McCreery
Chief Finance Officer
Jamie McDevitt-Galles
Technical Writer Grants
Avery McEvoy
Senior Associate
John McGrath
Director
Nancy McKinney
Talent Acquisition Director
Aubrey McKinnon
Associate
Marie McNamara
Senior Associate
Julia Meisel
Manager
Russell Mendell
Associate
Sheldon Mendonca
Manager
Zihe Meng
Senior Associate
Clare Mengebier
Program Operations Lead
Jason Meyer
Principal
Hodie Meyers
Principal
Matt Miccioli
Data Scientist
Kelsa Middough
Process and Project Manager
Ingrid Mielke-Maday
Manager
Ana Sophia Mifsud
Manager
Alex Milano
Senior Associate
Carmelita Kelly Miller
Director of Energy Equity
James Mitchell
Principal
Lottie Mitchell
Senior Associate
Sudeshna Mohanty
Senior Associate
Patrick Molloy
Principal
Maura Mooney
Senior Associate
Miguel Moravec
Senior Associate
Chris Morris
People Operations Manager
Jacob Mueller
Corporate Coordinator
Dave Mullaney
Principal
Katie Mulvaney
Manager
Sheran Munasinghe
Associate
Pablo Muñoz
Senior Associate
Raghav Muralidharan
Senior Associate
Ella Mure
Associate
Carly Nading
Controller
Rushad Nanavatty
Managing Director
Fidel Neverson
Project Manager
James Newcomb
Senior Expert
Elena Nikolova
Manager
Yuki Numata
Senior Associate
Brian O’Hanlon
Managing Director
Caitlin Odom
Senior Associate
Lillie Ogden
Associate
Ayodeji Ojo
Associate
Victor Olgyay
Principal
Wayne Omonuwa
Nigeria Energy Lead
Lara Owens
Manager
Daisy Pacheco
Senior Associate
Sukanya Paciorek
Managing Director
Aparajit Pandey
Principal
Jordan Parsons
Executive Assistant
Christina Pastoria
Senior Associate
Brian Payer
Senior Principal
Chelsea Pedé
Head of Communications Operations
Meghan Peltier
Senior Associate
Andrea Peng
Business Development Manager
Sebastian Perez
Design Lead
Hannah Perkins
Program Marketing Lead
Nick Pesta
Senior Associate
Ian Peters
Program Operations Lead
Alisa Petersen
Manager
Marty Pickett
General Counsel
Daniel Pike
Principal
Rebecca Pimentel
Senior Director
Matthew Popkin
Manager
David Posner
Technical Manager
Chris Potter
Strategic Communications Manager
Jesse Prentice-Dunn
Principal
Nina Prescott
Associate
Olivia Prieto
Senior Associate
Ben Proffer
Strategic Communications Manager
Jared Pruzan
Director of Knowledge Management
Graham Pugh
Senior Fellow
Yiyuan Qi
Senior Research and Data Analyst
Colm Quinn
Senior Editor
Michael Rabbani
Senior Associate
Kaily Raley
Program Operations Lead
Kaitlyn Ramirez
Senior Associate
Chandler Randol
Senior Associate
Lindsay Rasmussen
Manager
Jon Rea
Senior Associate
Mia Reback
Manager
Kaja Rebane
Senior Associate
Lauren Reeg
Senior Associate
Audrey Rempher
Associate
Jeremy Richardson
Manager
Lauren Riegler
Program Operations Lead
Wini Rizkiningayu
Principal
Madeline Robbins
Corporate Engagement Manager
Alberto Rodríguez Gómez
Manager
Mike Roeth
Operations Leader
Emily Rogers
Manager
Kylie Rogers
Chief People Officer
Joaquin Rosas
Senior Associate
Claude Rosen
Head of Operations
Carina Rosenbach
Senior Associate
Eva Rosenbloom
Manager
Ali Rotatori
Manager
Kayleigh Rubin
Associate
Callie Ruh
Compliance Manager
Vaibhav Sabharwal
Associate
Jane Sadler
Senior Associate
Apoorva Sahay
Senior Associate
Margaret Salamon
Development Officer
Asia Salazar
Fellow
Srinidhi Sampath Kumar
Manager
Jale Samuwai
Manager
Nocona Sanders
Senior Associate
Scarlett Santana
Principal
Rachel Sarah
Media Relations Lead
Selim Sardag
Senior Associate
Annina Sartor
Senior Associate
Suzanne (Suzy) Schadel
Associate
Kait Schappert
Executive Assistant
Lauren Schmeisser
Manager
Aaron Schwartz
Manager
Aimee Schwartze
Program Operations Lead
Brady Seals
Manager
Gloria See
Senior Associate
Amanda Sessler
Operations Lead
Amar Shah
Manager
Sakhi Shah
Senior Associate
Fatemeh Shahsavari
Senior Associate
Aamir Shams
Senior Associate
Ben Shapiro
Manager
Ryan Shea
Manager
Hadia Sheerazi
Manager - Community Engagement
Erin Sherman
Senior Associate
James Sherwood
Principal
Samhita Shiledar
Principal
Joni Short
SharePoint Administrator
Lauren Shwisberg
Principal
Esther Sicong Li
Associate
Katie Siegner
Manager
Kriti Singh
Associate
Vikram Singh
Senior Director
Raivat Singhania
Associate
Ben Skinner
Manager
Dan Slanger
Web Manager
David Smedick
Manager
Tyler Smith
Program Operations Lead
Caitlin Smith
Manager
Raquel Soat
Manager
Matt Solomon
Operations Leader
Adefunke Sonaike
Associate
Laurens Speelman
Principal
Katerina Stephan
Senior Associate
Allisandra Stoiko
Senior Associate
Jennifer Stokes
Chief Development Officer
Laurie Stone
Managing Editor
Clay Stranger
Managing Director
Qian Sun
Compliance Specialist
James Sun
Associate
Raghuram Sunnam
Manager
Jeff Sward
Senior Associate
Lacey Tan
Manager
Yu Ann Tan
Senior Associate
Guangyu Tan
Senior Associate
Jingyi Tang
Senior Associate
Oleksiy Tatarenko
Senior Principal
Kirill Tchernyshyov
Senior Data Scientist
Adrienne Tecza
Senior Data Scientist
Siana Teelucksingh
Senior Project Manager
Jack Teener
Associate
Amelia Tenne
Strategic Communications Manager
Charles Teplin
Principal
Julia Thayne
Senior Principal
Hannah Thonet
Manager
Jialin Tian
Associate
Anish Tilak
Manager
Mary Tobin
Senior Associate
Lucas Toffoli
Principal
Gabriella Tosado
Senior Associate
Sarah Toth
Senior Associate
Kouassigan Tovivo
Senior Associate
Alexis Trell
Development Operations Lead
Vindhya Tripathi
Senior Director International Communications
Belle Ucherkemur
Program Assistant
Obianuju Ugwu-Oju
Senior Associate
Russell Unger
Principal
Joanna Unruh
Sr Grant Manager
David Valdes
Associate
Paula Valencia
Senior Associate
Uday Varadarajan
Senior Principal
Athindra Venkatraman
Senior Associate
Drew Veysey
Senior Associate
Juan Vial
Senior Associate
Vera Vinson
Marketing Lead
Andrew Waddell
Senior Associate
Alex Walmsley
Manager
Daan Walter
Principal
Zhe Wang
Principal
Meng Wang
Manager
Wei Wang
Manager
Peishan Wang
Senior Associate
Guangxu Wang
Senior Associate
Jikai Wang
Associate
Rose (Yuan) Wang
Manager
Ella Warshauer
Senior Associate
Claire Wayner
Senior Associate
Eli Weaver
Associate
Brett Webster
Principal
Madeline Weir
Senior Associate
Emma Weircih
Executive Assistant
Tessa Weiss
Senior Associate
Ian Welch-Phillips
Manager
Gerard Westhoff
Senior Associate
Gareth Westler
Senior Associate
Tom White
Senior Associate
Emily White
Program Operations Lead
Ellie White
Senior Associate
Katya Whyte
Senior Manager
Christi Widmar
Program Operations Lead
Matthew Wilde
Senior Data Scientist
Rachel Wilmoth
Senior Associate
Gennelle Wilson
Manager
Caroline Winslow
Manager
Guy Wohl
Associate
Isabel Wood
Associate
Frances Woolley
Sr. Payroll Analyst
Lachlan Wright
Manager
Yuchen Wu
Associate
Kelly Wu
Associate
Iris Wu
Associate
Hao Wu
Manager
Yujun Xue
Senior Associate
Rong Yan
Senior Associate
Ginny Yang
Director of Operations
Amy Yanow Fairbanks
Strategic Communications Manager
Winston Yau
Associate
Nick Yavorsky
Senior Associate
Evan Young
Maintenance Technician/Office Coordinator
Roberto Zanchi
Senior Associate
Anna Zetkulic
Senior Associate
Boya Zhang
Associate
Liyue Zhang
Associate
Lingqi Zhu
Associate
Amber Zirnhelt
Manager
Hamidreza Zoraghein
Senior Data Scientist
Ridwan Zubair
Associate